5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

NILLS

NILLS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of nill

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How NILLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NILLS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,631 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

N___S N in the 1st position and S in the 5th position N__L_ N in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE STARE ROATE TRACE TARGE CADET
Words starting with N Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NILLS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,631 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NILLS ranks #7,631 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
21%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
281
208
191
150
93
86
66
62
50
46
46
44
36
31
24
22
22
19
19
17
15
15
14
13
9
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NILLS:

26% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

26.0% →
ORATE 6.15 bits
11.9% →
STARE 5.77 bits
8.8% →
ROATE 5.42 bits
8.1% →
ROATE 5.33 bits
6.4% →
TRACE 5.58 bits
3.9% →
TARGE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
CADET 4.55 bits
2.8% →
ATONE 4.60 bits
2.6% →
STIRE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
CARTE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for NILLS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

N1I1L1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.